Talent R US and Olive Garden Join Forces to Help Talents Find Perfect Opportunities
Olive Garden to participate in educating the local community on how to take advantage of the "Career Advancement Program " from Talent R US as well as other useful services available at talentRUS.com.
Skokie, IL and Vernon Hills, IL (PRWEB) August 6, 2004 -- Talent R US
Corporation and Olive Garden Restaurant, Vernon Hills, IL today announced they
are partnering to enable talented job seekers to network and find work that
compliment their skills. Talent R US operates a trendy Career Management Job
Search site – talentRUS.com - with an Exact Match technology enabling talents to
showcase their abilities, network with other skilled persons in their respective
fields and find employment opportunities.
The company recently
commissioned a Career Advancement Program which commits significant funds to
help community partners discover, train and recruit talents. Under the program,
talents with outstanding abilities in various fields including the Arts and
Sciences can apply and be considered for scholarships. Displaced workers can
also apply for career retraining grants. Using its local appeal, Olive Garden
will educate the local community on how to take advantage of the Career
Advancement Program as well as other useful services available at
talentRUS.com.
“We can’t think of a more natural community partnership
than this one with Olive Garden, a brand synonymous with progressive family
values,” said Eric C. Onyango, Co-Founder and President, Talent R US. “Our goal
is to empower complimentary employers and talents to find each other at the
click of a button. When people get the opportunity to do what they love, it
creates a sense of happiness extending to the family and eventually to the
greater community. Our mission is to make it easier for more and more
employer-candidate matches to be made every day."
“Bringing the community
together and working for its advancement are both cornerstones of the Olive
Garden philosophy. We are delighted to work with Talent R US in the local
community to aid the growth of the Career Advancement Program”, commented,
Ronnie Bowen, General Manager, Olive Garden – Vernon Hills.
About Talent
R US
Talent R US, an Illinois Corporation is a leader in Online Career
Management Services allowing employers and talents to find each other at the
click of a button. The company operates its flagship website talentRUS.com – a
powerful one stop shop for talents to manage resumes, showcase skills, network
and find work; and a complete outfit for employers to post jobs, screen
applicants or browse and hire talents in skill-based positions. For more
information, please visit www.talentRUS.com.
About Olive Garden
Olive
Garden is the leading restaurant in the Italian dining segment with 534
restaurants, more than 60,000 employees and $2 billion in annual sales. Olive
Garden is a division of Darden Restaurants Inc. (NYSE:DRI), the world’s largest
casual dining company. Visit Olive Garden’s Web site at www.olivegarden.com.
NOTE TO EDITORS: For
additional information visit Talent R US’s PR website, or call Talent R US
Corporate Communications at (847) 275-2960.
Talent R US, talentRUS.com
and the Talent R US logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of
Talent R US. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their
respective owners.
Media Contacts
Talent R US
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Olive
Garden
Ronnie Bowen
Voice+1-847-816-0293
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